FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.17/02.01.001/2015-16 in view of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India’s interim orders dated August 11, 2015 and October 15, 2015 (W.P. ( c ) No. 494 of 2012) on usages of Aadhaar, it is hereby clarified that use of Aadhaar Card and seeding of bank accounts with Aadhaar numbers is purely voluntary and it is not mandatory.
Government of India has vide its Notification F.No. 4(19)-W&M/2014 dated January 14, 2016 announced that the Sovereign Gold Bonds, 2016 will be open for subscription from January 18, 2016 to January 22, 2016. The Government of India may, with prior notice, close the Scheme before the specified period. The terms and conditions of the issuance of the Bonds shall be as follows:
In union territory of Daman and Diu VAT Rate on Sale / Purchase of Goods mentioned in Third Schedule will be 5 % with effect from 14.01.2016 instead of 4%. Related Notification is as follows :-
G.S.R 24(E) Place of filing appeals.– The appeal shall ordinarily be filed by the appellant with the Registrar of the Tribunal within whose jurisdiction the cause of action has arisen. Every appeal filed with the Registrar shall be accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees to be remitted in the form of crossed demand draft on a nationalised bank in favour of the Registrar of the Tribunal and payable at the main branch of that Bank at the station where the seat of the said Tribunal is situated.
NOTIFICATION NO. 03/2016 Exercise of option etc under section 11. (1) The option to be exercised in accordance with the provisions of the Explanation to sub-section (1) of section 11 in respect of income of any previous year relevant to the assessment year beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2016 shall be in Form No. 9A and shall be furnished before the expiry of the time allowed under sub-section (1) of section 139 for furnishing the return of income of the relevant assessment year.
Whereas, a Protocol amending the agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Belarus for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on property (Capital) of the 27th September, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the said Protocol) as set out in the Annexure to this notification, was signed at Minsk, Belarus on the 3rd June, 2015;
Short title, extent and commencement. – (I) These rules may be called the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members holding of meetings and provision for offices and officers) Rules, 2016. The Authority shall be established on such date as may be notified by the Central Government.
Central Government hereby appoints the 13th day of January, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of sub-section (5), sub-section (6) [except with respect to the manner of administration of the investor Education and Protection Fund] and sub-section (7) of section 125 of the said Act shall come into force.
No. FEMA 23(R)/2015-RB-In case of exports taking place through Customs manual ports, every exporter of goods or software in physical form or through any other form, either directly or indirectly, to any place outside India, other than Nepal and Bhutan, shall furnish to the specified authority, a declaration in one of the forms set out in the Schedule and supported by such evidence as may be specified, containing true and correct material particulars including the amount representing –
No. F.3(619)/Policy/VAT/2016/1291-1304 All Government Entities having their offices functioning within the National Capital Territory of Delhi, to furnish an online quarterly return of purchases made by them for the purpose of consumption or use by them (i.e. not for the purpose of making a sale as defined under clause (zc) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the said Act) from the dealers registered under the said Act and having a valid TIN/Registration Number in the format ‘Form GE-II’ enclosed herewith.
